Want more Access, Content & Connections?

Wal-Mart on record pace

Published on November 13, 1996.

Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's leading retailer, reported sales for the third quarter were up 12% over a year earlier, to a record $25.6 billion. Net income was also up 12%, to $684 million. For nine months, sales hit $74 billion, another 12% rise, and net income increased 9% to $1.96 billion.